With the SoCon already down to 11 and Georgia Southern and Appalachian St looking at the Sunbelt and Davidson and possibly Elon and others looking at a basketball-centric conference I think the the OVC should try to get UT-Chattanooga and Samford to jump over. It would make for an 11 member fb conference and 14 for all sports provided that no one cherry-picks Belmont.

With the SoCon already down to 11 and Georgia Southern and Appalachian St looking at the Sunbelt and Davidson and possibly Elon and others looking at a basketball-centric conference I think the the OVC should try to get UT-Chattanooga and Samford to jump over. It would make for an 11 member fb conference and 14 for all sports provided that no one cherry-picks Belmont.

With the SoCon already down to 11 and Georgia Southern and Appalachian St looking at the Sunbelt and Davidson and possibly Elon and others looking at a basketball-centric conference I think the the OVC should try to get UT-Chattanooga and Samford to jump over. It would make for an 11 member fb conference and 14 for all sports provided that no one cherry-picks Belmont.

Belmont is the lead dog for the MVC spot, so it would be 11/13

If Belmont leaves maybe they can give Western Illinois a call---it would bring them to 12/14. They could do North and South Divisions for football and possibly Olympic sports as well. Olympic sports divisions might have to be a little different because both non-fb schools (SIU-E and Morehead St) both fall in the North.

Then you have the EKU President Benson, and the Sunbelt Conference Commissioner Benson....

any relation ? hmmm.....

JMU may be shooting themselves in the foot....Not sure CUSA (or whomever JMU thinks desperately needs to expand with JMU + one other)has a need / desire to expand.The Sun-Belt may be the only game in town for some time to come.I can understand JMU not having rivals or liking the travel in the Sun-Belt, but they seem awfully choosy at this point...the MAC is back to an even number. So is CUSA. JMU may wind up "all dressed up, and no place to go".

Saying they don't have an invitation isn't saying much. You're encouraged to apply and the invitation is a formality upon that urged application. If you're holding a forum about upgrading and it's to this level, it's because you're going to announce something this Summer or Fall. It's in the bag for EKU...just a question of who makes the announcement.

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